In the name of the family

By Sarah Dunant

Subjects: Borgia family, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Italy, fiction, Nobility, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, History, Fiction, biographical

Description: Renowned for her bright and disciplined way with Renaissance Italy, New York Times best-selling novelist Dunant again visits the Borgias, to whom she recently paid court in Blood and Beauty. As Cesare ruthlessly seeks to unite all of Italy's city-states under Borgia control, Florence counters by sending one Niccolo Machiavelli to Rome as envoy and Lucrezia learns the family business of big-stakes political maneuvering.